Saturday 19 January 1889 at Trent Bridge (Att 5,000)

Notts County (2) 3 (May 10, Cursham 42, May 70): Widdowson, McLean, Clements, Brown, C Shelton, A Shelton, Brown, Hodder, Jardine, Cursham, Daft, E May.
Wolves (0) 0: Rose, Baugh, Mason, Fletcher, Allen, Cannon, Hunter, Cooper, Tomkyes, Knight, Wykes.

Referee: Mr T Bryan (Aston).
Landmark: Billy Rose and Tom Tomkyes both make their League debuts.
International Trail: Both Jack Brodie and Arthur Lowder mist this fixture as they were representing the North versus the South at Sunderland.
Position: 3rd.